#14174E#14174E

#14174E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.099 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#14174E
RGB	rgb(20, 23, 78)
HSL	hsl(237, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(237, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.36, 19.43, -34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.36, 39.41, 299.53°)
OKLab	oklab(24.37% 0.0068 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(24.37% 0.099 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.9696, 1.3114, 7.3556)
Luminance	0.0131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.60

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#14174E #4E4B14

analogous

#14344E #14174E #2E144E

triadic

#14174E #4E1417 #174E14

tetradic

#14174E #4E1434 #4E4B14 #144E2E

square

#14174E #4E1434 #4E4B14 #144E2E

split-complementary

#14174E #4E2E14 #344E14

monochromatic

#060718 #08091D #14174E #20257F #2D34AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.63

#14174E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#14174E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #14174E

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##14174E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##14174E	1.00	16.63	1.26	16.63
#FFFFFF	16.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002530

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #14174e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 23, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.099 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b5480',
    500: '#14174e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #14174e;
$custom-light: #5b5480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#14174e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.897,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24371,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#14174E

secondary

#868238

accent

#DA45E2

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04020A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #14174E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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